The Audi S5 is a sportier version of an Audi A5, made to feel quicker and more performance-focused. In the episode, it’s brought up because someone corrected a mistake about which model was being discussed. That helps listeners keep the details straight for the right car.
A chassis number is basically the car’s unique ID from the factory. For special cars, people sometimes talk about the chassis number to prove exactly which one they have.
Concept
factory audit vs line-count audit
They’re saying the official production number can change after the fact. Some cars built early might be used for crash testing and destroyed, so the final “how many were made” number comes from a later audit, not just the assembly line total.
Concept
marketing vs manufacturing production numbers
They’re explaining that the factory and the marketing team may track production in different ways. The factory knows how many cars were built, but marketing may assign special “numbered” units based on later corporate counting.
They mention AutoZone as a typical parts store. The point is that older headlights might let you buy just a bulb, while newer ones often require replacing the whole headlight.
They’re saying that moving the front fascia can mess with sensors mounted in the front. After that kind of work, the car may need a reset/calibration using the right software so the driver-assistance systems work correctly.
They’re also considering that the car’s parking sensors are in the front bumper area. If you remove or reposition the fascia, the sensors may need to be recalibrated afterward.
They’re describing a Ford Edge from 2020. The point is that when a headlight isn’t working, the dealership can charge a lot just to figure out what’s wrong and then install the part.
Warranty is the coverage that pays for certain repairs. Here, they’re saying water-related damage might not be covered, even if it caused the light to fail.
The hosts argue that buying an older Mustang can be a practical response to warranty surprises and expensive dealership diagnostics/repairs. It’s a “manage risk” ownership concept: older cars may shift you toward DIY/independent shops or parts sourcing.
They’re talking about using Facebook Marketplace to hunt for parts or cars. It’s often where people sell used stuff, sometimes cheaper than buying new.
“T-tops” are removable roof panels that let you remove sections of the roof for an open-air feel. On classic cars like a T-top Mustang, fitment and weather sealing matter a lot because leaks and wind noise can become issues over time.
SCCA is a big organization that runs amateur racing events. Getting an SCCA racing license means you’ve met their requirements to drive safely in their races.
A “dedicated track car” is a vehicle set up primarily for racing/track days rather than everyday street use. Owners typically prioritize safety equipment, cooling, brakes, tires, and suspension tuning, and may remove or reduce comfort features to save weight and simplify maintenance.
Car
2012 boss 302
The “Boss 302” is a special, more performance-oriented Mustang from Ford. If someone has a 2012 Boss 302, they often start with it for track use because it’s already set up to drive harder than a regular Mustang.
In this context, “Mustang” means the Ford Mustang. The episode is talking about a Fox body Mustang, which is an older style of Mustang. The host is sharing an owner story related to that generation.
They’re talking about a big get-together for Mustang clubs, where club leaders meet and plan things together. It sounds like it’s happening in the fall and may include ways to join remotely.
Topic
Club Connect
Club Connect sounds like a Ford program that helped connect the automaker with car clubs. The host is saying they used to work on that, and now they’re doing similar Mustang club support in a new role.
Ford Racing is Ford’s motorsports/performance side. The hosts are saying sponsorship and support for their club/podcast work used to come through that channel.
A brand manager is the person at Ford who helps guide how the Mustang brand is promoted and supported. In this case, they’re involved with Mustang communications and helping clubs run events.
The Dream Cruise is a big car event in the Detroit area where lots of car enthusiasts show up. They’re floating it as a possible place to kick off the Mustang club summit.
Ford Performance is Ford’s performance-focused branding. They mention it as the next step after Ford Racing for supporting the kind of content and community they were doing.
The Mustang Club Summit is an organized gathering/event for Mustang clubs. The hosts use it to highlight how club involvement can lead to networking and opportunities for owners.
Carlisle is a big car event, and “Ford Nationals” is the Ford-focused part of it. This story is about an award that was indicated by a window sticker/claim instead of a normal trophy.
A window cling sticker is a removable decal placed on a windshield to communicate event information. In this episode, it’s used as the notification method for the Ford performance pick award/claim.
The hosts say the “sticker” is actually a claim—meaning it’s a document-like notice that must be redeemed or handled through the event process. This distinction matters because it changes what the owner should expect (no trophy/plaque in the usual way).
These are the award presentations at the Carlisle car event. The story is about whether you can still get the award if you can’t stay for the day they present it.
They’re talking about a specific old Ford: a 1973 Pinto. It’s the kind of car people bring to car shows, and the hosts are explaining why this car got a special little award.
The segment contrasts the hosts’ personal “pick” with the club’s formal judging. They explain that the club chooses based on its own judging rules (like restoration quality/beauty), so a car can be “picked” by the hosts without winning the club’s top awards.
“People’s choice” is when regular show attendees vote for their favorite car. It’s different from the official judging, which might focus more on restoration or correctness.
They’re talking about what kind of free stuff Ford should hand out at events. The idea is that small keepsakes (like clings) might be more memorable than posters.
They’re talking about making Mustang-themed baseball cards for the podcast. The idea is to get more subscribers and sponsors so they can produce the cards and share them with fans at events.
SVT is Ford’s performance division. When people say “SVTs” for Mustangs, they mean the factory-built, higher-performance versions that were meant to be more special than the regular trims.
A sticker set is just a collection of decals you can put on things like laptops or phones. In car communities, it’s a fun way to show what brands or classic models you’re into.
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Hello Mustang fans and welcome to another episode of the Mustang owners podcast. I'm your host John clore along with my co host Mike Ray.
And we're the podcast that says everybody has a Mustang story. But oh my goodness, Mike.
Every once in a while, we have to step back and read the letters and comments we get on the podcast because that is what real communication is all about.
Yep. And we'd love to hear from everybody and then we know they're listening then right.
Yeah, absolutely. And so for those of you who aren't used to our our mailbag sessions, we got to get into our mailbag because we do respond. We love reading your comments.
It's really helpful, not just on the on the YouTube algorithm, Mike, but it's helpful to us to make sure we give you a better show. So I guess, you know, can now it's in April. It's time to go through the good, the bad and the ugly of the Mustang owners podcast mailbag. Are you ready, Mike?
Let's do it.
All right, here we go. Our first letter actually was a comment posted on Mustang owners podcast when we did the Ford World headquarters episode. Remember that one, Mike?
Yeah, yeah, so this is
Oh, so you got some too. I got a few texts, you know, I got I got an email, but we're going to give we're going to give credit where creditors do you put a comment in into the Mustang owners podcast, YouTube comment section, we'll put you on the air.
So our first letter is from Justin.C underscore SVT. And he says, Hey, guys, there was an S5, S650 that was misidentified in that episode. He said the S650 that was shown at 17.20.
Your video is actually a 60th anniversary car, not a dark horse as you identified it. It's also one of the really rare Britney blue 60th cars as well. Sign Justin.C underscore SVT. Justin, totally right. You were right. And Mike, let's give him the real story on why that car was identified.
Okay, so you obviously guys, you should know that me and John definitely know our cars. And I believe I'm the only salesman in the country that sold one of each of the colors that it was produced in. So we know the cars for sure. But when we're doing these, the thumbnails that we see, we can barely even see them. So we could not see it close enough. It was like the size of a nail head that we could see from our camera. So we could not identify there. We were going off just memory of what it was.
So that's what it was. So we deeply apologize. We do know that it was a 60th anniversary.
For everybody's verification, those are my photos. I didn't upload them large enough. And so we're going up to the screen like, what is that here? So when we spotted, oh, that looks like a dark horse. We just mentioned the dark horse. Of course, you're 100% right. That was one of the super rare 60th. So, you know, Justin, if you're at any of the events we're going to be at this year, we're going to be posting an event schedule, Mike, for us.
And our next mailbag of all the shows we want to hit this year, you come up and see us and you say, all you have to say is, Britney blue. And we'll know you. So now, Mike, now that we put that on the podcast today, there'll be 700 people coming up to us and saying, Britney blue.
That's awesome. So Justin, bring your driver's license. No, I'm just kidding. Yes, you're correct. And so what we'll do is we're going to work with our producer next time. So don't use my little tiny thumbnails. Use the big photos. So great catch anytime you catch us. But you know, and here's the other thing, Mike, I don't know if you know this, but right after, you know, I would, I've been going through some eyesight things. I just had a couple days ago, a retina surgery. So that's my excuse. Okay.
I got some I got new glasses. What do you think, Mike? They're blue.
And I'm blind as a bat. So I mean, I don't even need an explanation of that. If I take my glasses off, I'll run right into the wall.
Mike, well, let's put it this way. Had we been at the show, we wouldn't have misidentified it. But looking at pictures on the website.
Yeah.
Okay, great catch. Keep those comments coming. Now here's another one, Mike. And see, this is where we get into trouble. This one came through us to club hub. And this is says hello, which is good.
Our name was drawn when the cards were picked and we purchased a Britney blue 60th anniversary GT back in January. What's with the Britney blue 60th anniversary cards? What did we do wrong? Hot topic tonight, huh?
All right. Well, this guy bought one chassis number one, one, nine, five.
He said, do you guys know how many Britney blue 60th miles were actually produced? I heard the goal was 250. And that's from Ted and K Haas out of Wilcox, Arizona.
And the MCA and yes, you're right. Mike, originally they said the target's going to be 150. But I remember that was growing. And they said, well, let's extend it to 250. Now, whether or not they hit that, we don't know. And here's the, here's the reason why it usually takes a whole year after model year production is done before they do an audit.
And everyone should know that when they do an audit at the factory, it's different than just when they count the cars that went down the line. That's different than the audit number. How many cars? Because some of the early builds, Mike, they're sent off to crash testing and crush two or three of them. And they never count as the first Mustang that was ever made there.
That is not a saleable unit. So that doesn't car number one. So what the plant makes, they have their numbers of Mustangs built. And what marketing decides is car number one through car, whatever, out of production, totally different. So what they do is they have a corporate audit, where the manufacturing plant and the marketing division get together and they count the cars. And that's how you get, you get an assignment. So that usually takes after the car model run is over.
That usually takes about a year afterwards, because it goes through the corporate audits, then it's released to the Mustang brand team. But now that I'm hanging with the Mustang brand team, I'll tell you what we'll do, Mike, we should get like Joe Bellino on or a new Mustang brand manager, Ryan Chognasi, and get that number for people on the podcast. And what we can do is we'll have it like an exclusive number, which you've got to watch the podcast to find out. And one of our letters thing. What do you think?
Yeah, I'm all for it.
And then somebody's going to like, we'll make it a short on YouTube. Like, here's the nut.
Yeah, we do. Thank you for that question. And yes, you're right. If we get one more Britney blue 60 numbers of question, we're going to cut the mailbag short today. But let's do that. Let's chase that one for you guys. And that's the advantage of doing something with our podcast, because other guys, what are they going to do?
Yeah, I'd like to get the whole breakdown through the Wimbledon whites and the race reds as well.
Well, yeah, because then you're going to put it on your personal page and sell some of it.
No, it's good, Mike. It's good to have. Okay, now this one was sent to, it just says one of your favorite podcast. Who is the is there a couple people we think of, we think of podcast regulars who always write in all the time.
Maybe, you know, it could be Paul new it isn't Mark, but now, but this one came with no name just came to my inbox at Ford. And he said, I think I saw this. I can't remember if it was on a Ford authority. A lot of people read Ford authority.
Yeah, or where would you guys need to answer?
You know, real quick, before we get to that, do you I just got to throw this old memory in here. You remember during our 50th heroes banquet, when a parasite was telling the crowd about, you know, how everything worked for launch and everything like that.
He said the first thing we did every morning was get to work and log on to Mustang G six to see what was new with Mustang. We had to work on today. So it's kind of one of those lines.
Oh, yeah. So, and I know Mark McDowell does read us. I don't this is not from Mark, he would have said it. Yeah. Oh, there's a name on the poster from that other site. So they want us to address this. And Mike, I don't know you sell mustangs more than I don't deal with those cars.
But you know, there you go.
So, but you working at Gorno, maybe you can address this as a dealership problem. I know it's a problem on YouTube. It's called head lamps without bulb.
So he writes in a guy named Thomas or he writes in Hey, I want to know how Ford and other manufacturers got the brilliant idea to start installing head lamps where the bulb can't be replaced.
Obviously he's talking about late model LED technology. I know he's there.
They're like a sealed unit aren't they like yeah, yeah, he says now on many vehicles the entire assembly must be replaced. So you can't like on my 2011 F 150 the bulbs are reaching. In fact, yeah, there's two screws you reach and go to auto zone.
I think it's two bucks. Yeah. Yeah. So he says, now you got the entire assembly must be replaced. And on most, even the front bumper fascia will need to be removed and replaced just to do the installation of the head lamp.
And then some people, if they will move the front fascia have to do additional programming which requires Ford software and official tool equipped with the needed software. Now, I'm thinking he's talking about the front radar right.
Yeah, you gotta be got parking sensors that's in the nose of the car. There's in the fascia. And if you move that, you got to recalibrate it. It's like when you get into windshield.
Right. Okay, so I get now that's correct. So so far, I'm following. He said I just help a friend to get his new head lamp for his 2020 edge.
And make you probably sold a lot of edges in your time. He says in the part for the new head lamp you're ready for this was over $2,600.
The dealership was charging somewhere between $150 and $200 per hour. He was told that for a non functioning head lamp diagnosis for his 2020 edge, then installation the cost at the dealership with between
$3,000 and $3,500. Wow.
You might compare that to going to auto. Wow.
When I went to auto zone. Now, I had to buy my blinker but my head lamps came in usually two packs you can get the two packs. Yeah.
And those were like 20 some bucks but the blinker bulb was like, you know, 295. Yeah.
So this is we're talking three grand or above. He says that's insane.
According to Thomas or this is absolutely ridiculous. Yeah. In comparison, by 2019 tourists with the upgraded head lamps.
The bulb is 80 to 150 bucks and they can be replaced without removing the head lamp assembly.
If you want to talk about for equality and think about the cost on the road to our prospective buyers start with making a lamp with a bulb.
Wow.
Didn't Parasack talk to you about the signature of Mustang head lamps and how our head lamps are so important to RTRs got the nostrils glowing. Yeah.
I mean, now we got those three, those little cuts, the Gale-Halderman cuts we call them. Yeah. Those are now lit up. Yeah.
Yeah, everything everybody's going LED but there comes a cost with that and some of the LEDs are run through lighting modules.
It takes chips to run it. They have to know, you know, they're basically supposed to last forever. That's the reason you're doing it too.
So you shouldn't have to replace any of us.
Now, some YouTuber told me that he had an F-150 that somehow got water intrusion into his tail lamp and he wound up with this problem.
And they said, well, water intrusion wasn't wasn't covered under the warranty.
What? So for all of you out there, this is your reason.
Mike, let's go ahead and say it. This is why you buy an older Mustang.
Yeah. Wow. That's just absolutely crazy to me.
Yeah. So I'm going to be talking to the service manager tomorrow. I'm going to get some more details on this.
Yeah. See if Mustang's part of that issue.
But like Bill Clinton used to say, I feel your pain.
Yeah. So this is, so let's get into, let's dig into this, Mike.
What does it cost to replace a Mustang headlamp?
Is that part of the deal? And if that's the case, yeah, there's going to be a lot on Facebook Marketplace.
Yeah. Yeah. I will find out for sure. That's really got me puzzled.
Yeah. That's, that's crazy. All right. So here's another one.
This came with a photo and it was sent to me, Mike, and this is my problem.
You know, we had Robert Kennedy on in his new book and I mentioned in our podcast that he's a Mustang to advocate.
So you know me, I've got my reputation. Oh, there's the Mustang to guy.
So this is Mustang to alert in Oregon.
Okay.
So hi, John, I immediately thought of you when I saw this picture of a Mustang to tip top for sale for $3,000.
I saw it on Facebook.
I'll show you the photo at a very clean white T top Mustang to T tops didn't come out halfway through 77 and all of 78.
So he must have found a garage baby up in Oregon, but $3,000 for running driving Mustang pretty darn cheap.
Yeah, especially for two, which is anyway, he said, no, I either buy that or you buy a headlight.
In fact, the headlight may be more than this Mustang too.
Again, the reason why you got to love classic Mustang smoke.
This like the great point.
I own a 2012 Ford Mustang boss 302. I think that's one of your buddy.
The Parasax favorite cars. Yeah, it's in competition orange.
And it's got 2,500 miles on it and climbing, which it means good for this.
Mark Elboni of Gresham, Oregon.
It means he's driving it. But anyway, he wanted me to know he lives in Oregon.
They bought this Mustang to down in Southern California and only had 1245 miles.
I don't believe that. I think it had 100 and 1245 miles.
Or maybe he drove 1245 miles to get to the car. But anyway, he said long before I paid for it, I had decided to make this car into you ready.
A dedicated track car, not to mention to get my SCCA racing license.
Now, the question I have for Mark is, are you talking about buying your 2012 boss 302 that you drove to Southern California to buy and you want to make it a dedicated track car?
Are you teasing me that when you saw this Mustang to you thought of me and you bought that?
Yeah.
So Mark Belboni of Gresham, Oregon. Thanks for sending that into club up or to my email. Actually a J Clark cars in contact.
But I got to know. Does anybody other than Dave Wilson out of Ohio track is Mustang too?
Oh wait, there's a couple of other guys that are out in the Kansas City area that do track their Mustang too.
But what a great letter. Thanks for sending in the pictures.
But ladies and gentlemen, every time you see a Mustang to you don't have to send me a picture of your car.
I'll take it because everyone's got a Mustang story. So Mike, do they send you Fox body pictures?
No, I've not got any Fox body pictures.
I do want to intervene here too before we get to the next question is we did get some good news, right?
That you can shine on that all the people that we've both been getting hammered on since February was are we going to be doing a international summit summit for the clubs around the country?
And we are working on one right in the fall to get that done and reconvene with all the other club leaders around the country.
Correct. Yeah, that's, you know, with my I got a job shift at Ford after 20 some years at Ford Racing and no longer doing the content for Ford racing dot com or Club Connect.
But now I am working with team Mustang under the Mustang brand manager to continue to do Mustang communications, Mike, as well as some of the club work and, you know, supporting club events.
And one of the things was discussed with so many people like that, that if you get 3040 clubs that are interested in that, the Mustang brand team would be interested in supporting that.
So if they're going to support me on that, I said, Mike, think we want to do it. And you said this would be the perfect opportunity for the podcast.
Yeah, sponsor. And whether you're International Council of Mustang Club, maybe we could do it as a kickoff event, maybe at a venue in Dearborn, maybe during the dream cruise, or maybe in the fall.
You know, because we could have people join what is it via zoom, right?
Yep. Yep. So the good news is Ford is even though that was long sponsored by Ford Racing and then Ford Performance when I had Club Connect. But now without that, we thought, oh, we don't want to stop that wasn't Mark Madel, who was recently on our podcast talk about
Yes.
So look forward to that, guys, if you're in a Mustang club, and you're watching the podcast, make sure once we get information about that and announce when that is, get your club involved with it because it's like we had some great ideas.
I must have got at least 20 emails about that about, you know, what's going on with it, when's it happening, when the invite's going out. So it will be coming just be in the fall this year instead of in February.
Great idea. And now, for those of you who followed the what went on during those, those summit meetings, I did, Mike, you recall, I did stories on that when they used to write for Ford Racing dot com. And also, we did a story in Mustang Times about it. And remember, was it last year when we brought up those two guys
out of Pennsylvania, Daniel Prasinski and his buddy, remember, so we have two guys in a T bird club, both owned Mustangs, felt so passionate about being part of the Mustang Club Summit that they drove all the way to Michigan Mike, and there was a snowstorm
major snowstorm all the way there. Yeah.
Yeah. So they came up and presented on what young people want when they join a club. And, and I've been following Daniel ever since that we met him over at the heritage collection reveal. He drove to Detroit, he wanted to he was he graduated
from college, same college at Leia Coca graduated from, and he winds up telling asking I got to get, I got to get a job at Ford. I'm a college grad I want to work at Ford. Well, guess what, Mike, he just started his new job at Ford. I think he's ownership
experience manager or something, right? Yeah, manager for Ford.
Just started like a week or two ago. Congratulations to young Daniel Prasinski see what happens when you get in a club. Get, he was on the podcast. Yeah, go back and check out Daniel Prasinski on the Mustang always podcast when they shared their Mustang story with us.
See what happens Mike. Yeah, someday he'll be running forward motor company.
Let's hope he remembers us.
Yeah, remember all the little people you stepped on.
Barley better be looking in his rearview mirror for this guy.
No, no. So very cool, Mike. Thanks for bringing that up. So this speaking of Carlisle and awards and shows and doing stuff with clubs. This one threw me for a loop and I'll put a picture of Mike. I think you're part of this because you helped me throw
these. Remember my Ford performance pick award clings. Yeah, we have them on our pocket. So I don't I give them out of shows I have my pocket one Mike and I around and he says oh I love this car and if Mike says that and I agree.
We stick one of these on it and we get this letter. It says to make concern which I'm going to say you Mike it should concern you because I don't have any
finish reading the question first. A few years ago at the Ford Nationals of Carlisle. My car was picked for a Ford performance pick car show award.
I learned this by the window cling sticker on my windshield. So apparently he wasn't there. Yeah, I saw the car. I probably pop that on there.
When I went to the Carlisle booth.
The attendant told me that I was probably being notified of an award.
They told me that there was no trophy or plaques for this award though. And that the sticker states it's not a sticker actually it's a claim Mike. Yeah, you never put a sticker on somebody's Mustang.
Don't do that. Don't try that at home.
It says this on the sticker. This car has been selected for a Ford performance pick award. But he says it's not as an award.
Am I confused? I am confused. I received a phone call that day and had to return home on Saturday evening.
He could not return on Sunday for the Carlisle awards. Everybody's been to Carlisle Mike knows that if you get a Carlisle like a what do we give away there they're called celebrity picks.
Yeah, we put that on the window. That is a sticker by the way. Yeah, they come back Sunday right. Yeah, and then they hold their plaque the next to the grandstand.
So he called and he said he couldn't come back on Sunday but somebody on the show field told me that this sticker on my windshield meant that I want something to be presented on Sunday.
But if it couldn't be there I could have it mailed or shipped to my house. Is that true? I'm not a trophy hunter. I certainly don't want to miss out on an award from Ford.
I hope you can clear this up for me. Thank you. Craig Conway owner of a 1973 Ford Pinto.
So first of all Mike, that should have been a dead giveaway. If you get a Ford performance pick on a Pinto, who's going to be putting that on there?
Yeah, only you.
No. Oh yeah, you're probably right. Yeah, okay.
I did see a maverick I loved there last year though.
So let's get a close up of what the Ford performance pick award is. We'll put this up here.
So what this is, folks, is Mike and I will go to a show and I just go to shows that, you know, I love the little dealer shows, Mike, 100, 200, 300 cars.
We've been all over the place, you know, everywhere from the planes in the Midwest to down south and a little great dealer show with a couple hundred cars.
Well, sometimes they don't, you know, the what happens the club picks, you know, the best restored car and beautiful.
And sometimes we find a young kid with a beat up old S 95. We wanted to give him something. So what we do is we give him this cling that says, we saw your car at the show.
And we think it's cool. And this is our little award. Put this on the, it's a cling. So take it off the window and put it on the inside or on a quarter window.
So when you drive around, they go, what is this? It's a little award from Ford. Why? Why? Because Ford was there and loved your car.
Now, are you mad that it's just a cling? I would say no, because I've only printed about 200 of those over the last five years.
And you can only get it when you or I, Mike, are walking around together and we pick a car and we say it didn't win anything.
And so what I do reaching my pocket, I love that.
People cherish them. They go, they'll display it at the show on their windshield and everything. They're not going to take them off. Most people I know, don't know.
And so it's not the club fault that they didn't pick the car. The club picks what they want. They have their own judging rules, right?
So it's just that this was just an extra way for me to show you that Ford Motor Company was there.
And they loved your car even if you didn't. And for whatever reason, it could have been your paint, could have been your story. Mike, I want to announce something tonight.
I want to announce that the Mustang owners podcast when we go to car shows are going to be doing the same thing and carry on my tradition that I started back when I was at Ford Performance.
We're going to have the Mustang owners podcast car show award cling. And we're going to be pick no matter if you can go ahead and win the four foot trophy. Good for you.
You can get people's choice. That's fine. But now when Mike and I will be at a show, Mike, I'm going to get these made up and we will can we will be delivering the performance or the Mustang owners podcast award.
You know, we love your story. We love your car. So look forward to that. When you see Mike and I at the show, you never know what this guy's got in his pocket.
Probably not the Mickey Mantle rookie card, right?
So that brings up another thing we were presented with Mike, how many times did you, you and I go to a Ford meeting and suggest that Ford as giveaways instead of posters and things.
They should give away a baseball card set like they used to remember those old.
Yeah, we are going to try to.
I'm talking to a supplier getting a licensed supplier to try to make a series of Mustang owner podcast baseball cards.
That may be next year if you help us get to our 1000 subscribers and you tell your friends that we can get up there on YouTube past the 1000.
That will give us a little bit incentive to go out and get a couple of sponsors for this.
Would you love a new set of cards based on different parameters that Ford's never used?
Maybe all the special editions, all the cool SVTs, no top of the Fox bodies.
We could we could do 1000 things with this and everybody who comes to see us at the show would get a card, maybe even trade with their friends.
And that year we could do that series and then change the series.
So we want to do that because we're collectors too.
And this guy sitting on the podcast with me.
He doesn't just, you know, collect Mustang brochures.
Yes, Mike, was it the last did your wife tell me that you must have over 20 or 30 baseball cards?
Couple million it's approaching us for sure.
You have football cards hockey cards base.
So we thought hey and Mustang cards.
I do have all the sets.
I've got all the Mustang cards.
So let's we're going to do that.
If Ford doesn't make him you don't need to we were going to we got a license supplier that makes forward stuff.
And we're going to do it for you guys.
So but you got to get us to that 1000 subscribers.
So get get liking and subscribing and Mike.
If they know you, they're going to you're going to say, Oh, did John say 1000?
No, we met tooth.
Yeah, at a zero.
Yeah, we need to get shared because this stuff is fun.
So that's just some news coming up.
But thank you, Craig Conway.
So Craig, I will contact you and I will send you something special because you waited all these years to find out why you got that award back at Carlisle.
And I'll make it up to you because yeah, that was that was the whole purpose of just giving you some.
And by the way, you can't buy those clings on eBay.
You could only get them when we're there.
It's like when we pass them out. Yeah.
So unlike plastic trophies, there's only a couple hundred of these in existence.
And if you got one, you got something special.
Maybe sell it on eBay when you're broke, need to buy when you need to buy a headlight.
Yeah.
Yeah, exactly.
And here's one now, Mike, for you.
This comes from a former member of your boxing club.
Okay.
And he says, Hi, John and Mike.
We just got back from Paris, France this week, where I snapped a picture of this beautiful Mustang parked on the blue ruse. No, the Russo Dominique.
Okay.
So here's the photo of this beautiful classic, you know, first gen Mustang parked in this beautiful location in Paris, France.
And he says, boy, look at that sure beats a Renault.
I thought you and maybe the podcast or the Maxim folks would enjoy it. Cheers, your friend, Rob Musial.
Remember Rob?
Oh, wow. Yeah.
Yeah, didn't Rob used to write for Ford's at Ford magazine.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So Rob, congratulations about going to Paris.
You don't make I've been to Paris.
Paris, Ohio.
Just because my the transit.
I'm in the Paris hotel in Vegas.
That's about it.
Yeah, the Eiffel Tower.
Yeah.
Okay. See the Ford performance transit when I used to drive the country with love connect.
It doesn't float.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And that's what I wanted to try out anyway, but I went to Paris, Ohio once I think I stopped there to get cast anyway.
Well, congratulations to Rob Musial.
Thanks for sending us a picture and sending us the podcast people are interested to see cars in interesting places. Mike.
Yeah.
Crazy mail bag.
Yeah.
That was a good one.
It was, but you know what, folks, we appreciate the fact that you want us to look into things for you. There's so very little few outlets around, you know, the kids who are on YouTube that, you know, have their hat sideways and, you know, I don't know if they can get this stuff, but we're going to get to
We'll find it. We'll get to it because Mike knows people.
And when he does.
And Mike, I think it gives us a few ideas. I love letters and comments.
Yeah.
The idea is what we need to do to, you know, to make things more fun when we're out there on the road and also make it for fun for our viewers who are watching the podcast or listening to us on Spotify and just want to know cool things that are happening in the hobby.
Yep.
All right, so now Mike, the next thing you're going to have to tell them is where do they get that cool Mustang owners podcast hoodie.
SVT store.com. And they got hoodies, they got polos, they got t-shirts, you got hats, all kinds of goodies on there. So go on and they're all very, very fairly priced.
Yes. So what I'm going to announce tonight, Mike, is remember the old sticker sets that Ford used to go out, you know, they go out those.
Yes.
Well, I'm going to announce that the Mustang owners podcast will be giving away their own sticker set of classic cars, old brands like SVT and, you know, Ford Performance and, you know, California Special and Boss 302s.
Not the, we won't have the new stuff because we're into the classic, but we're going to give a sticker set away the next time you cease or we'll have Marcy put them up for sale on the SVT source.
You can buy a sticker set and get that Mustang owners podcast logo on the front of your computer laptop.
Yeah, your laptop or whatever your phone case. Yeah.
Yeah. Or just get yourself a cool Polo or a hoodie. You can't, you can't. When you're walking around with Mustang owners podcast apparel, Mike, they got to know you're connected. You're one of the cool people.
And like I said, they're super fair price. If you're shopping for hoodies or polos these days, look at the prices on these and they're very, very affordable.
Great job. Well, folks, and great job from you. Just remember you hit that like or subscribe button. We always appreciate your comments on how we can make this podcast better for you.
Send in your letters to either jclarot4.com. We're now still clubbudbud4.com, jclarotcarsandcontext.com, Mike, and then or clubbudbud4.com.
We want to make sure that we get everybody a chance to speak out and be part of our Mustang mailbag. Really appreciate all the input we get. Mike, isn't it great to have everyone smile and hear from people?
Yes, thank you guys so much for your input and keep it coming to us.
Thanks again. Thanks for joining us tonight. Until next time, we'll just have to catch you guys down the road.
About this episode
The Mustang Owner’s Podcast mailbag tackles listener corrections and deep-dives into Mustang trivia, costs, and club culture. A viewer spots a thumbnail mix-up involving a rare Brittany Blue 60th Anniversary car, prompting an apology and a promise to use clearer photos. They discuss how production counts are audited (and why exact numbers can take time). The hosts also debate pricey LED headlamp replacements and share a story about a $3,000 Mustang II T-top find in Oregon. They announce a fall Mustang club summit, explain their Ford Performance Pick “cling” award mystery, and tease new podcast swag and sticker/card ideas.
In this month’s mailbag episode, John and Mike own up to how they misidentified a 60th Anniversary Edition in Brittany Blue during the New Ford WHQ Grand Opening episode (well, more like they give an excuse), and then unsuccessfully field a question about how many of those were produced in that color. The guys then handlea request to discuss a publishedcomment about the latest Ford LED headlamp assembly and module replacement costs (about $600 for some new Mustangs but up to $3,000 on other Fords) vs. just replacing a $10 bulb. John also discovers a years-old email from his Spam file asking about the Ford Performance Pick Car show award cling. If you’veever received one of these ultra-rare Recognition Award window clings at a car show, you cannow get the full story on what thse were all about. Finally, John and Mike reveal some photos that Podcast followers have shared – one from across the country and another from across The Pond. You’re encouraged to get mentioned inthe next Mailbag session by posting in each the YouTube episode Comments section or sending us an email to [email protected].
